Friday, April 04, 2008

 

Funny Drummer Dude!

This is so not knitting related, but has caused quite a stir here at Casa Stro! May I present to you, for your viewing enjoyment, Funny Drummer Dude:



OKC: On the needles, a shawlette for my daughter's best friend's birthday!

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

 

Bogie Rox My Sox!

The ever-gracious, and seriously talented Ms. Bogie Bogie of Bobaknit fame (in addition to her fame as a designer!) shared her mad socks skillz with the Guild tonight. Her designs are so brilliant that she may yet make a sock-knitting convert out of this self-professed big needle knitter!

I know I sound like I'm laying it on thick, but to be in her presence and see he work is to feel as though you are in the room with sheer genius, and I am truly humbled.


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Monday, January 28, 2008

 

Pour Moi?


Oui, oui! Emy has suggested, hinted, scolded, ahem, remarked that as I rarely knit for myself, I ought to embark upon such an odyssey. While at the Yarn Swap at Purlescence yesterday, there was some rogue yarn that, in that siren's call that yarn can sometimes have, up and deafeningly screamed in my ear, "Buy me, Woman, and knit yourself some fingerless gloves!" Now, being that I'm the kind of person to instantly snap to attention when talking yarn is involved, I did purchase the yarn. Now, please note, I was only there for the yarn swap. I had no intention walking in, that purchases would be involved (at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it!). I am halfway finished with the Warm Braid Cable Wristwarmers, and here's a pic for your viewing pleasure.

Specs:

Yarn: Bamboozle - Crystal Palace - Color 444 (Rainforest)
Amount of yarn - 2 skeins
Needles: US size #9 circs (magic loop method)
Pattern: Source can be found here

Edited to add: Forgot to mention I made a couple of modifications to the pattern: Because they are wrist warmers and I wanted fingerless gloves, I lengthened them. Instead of a 1" rib on each end, I made it 2" and added one cable repeat in the cable section.

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Friday, January 25, 2008

 

Knitting Survey

Gleaned & adapted from Jasmin's blog:


Bold for stuff you've done, italics for stuff you plan to do one day, and normal for stuff you're not planning on doing.

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up (I learned the technique at Guild, I've yet to complete one but want to)
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino/modular knitting
Shadow/illusion knitting
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Knitting with your own hand-dyed yarn
Slippers
Graffiti knitting
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable/aran stitch patterns
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit/crochet
American/English style knitting (throwing)
Continental style knitting
Knitting to make money
Buttonholes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dyeing with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…)
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on one or two circulars
Knitting with someone else's handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting (I've done knitting for holidays, but nothing holiday-themed)
Teaching a male how to knit - my hubby and both of my sons!
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dyeing yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks on two circulars simultaneously
Felting/fulling
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener stitch
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO (Think Men on Film: Haaaaated it)
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegated yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/armwarmers
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public
Met knitterati/famous knitters

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

 

Guild Night - We Steek!


Last night at Guild, VP Pam de-mystified steeking! Here's a peek at my steek:

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

 

Knitting Fingers!



As you may recall from previous posts, my 4-year-old son desperately wants to learn how to knit. The I-cord "machine" didn't cut it for me, and a spool or knitting noddy uses that little thingamajig to manipulate it, so I taught him to finger knit (or as he calls it "knitting fingers").

Here is a picture of his "knitting fingers" in progress as well as a picture of the end result (also known as a Cat Torturer....our cat has gone ba-zonkers chasing my son around and around as he runs with it!).

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

 

Ask and Ye *Shall* Receive!

Yes! I wrote them and they answered (right away, I might add!!!)....Wooo Hooo....!!! I am officially a Ravelry-ite!!!!! Ravelry ROCKS! (And, I'm OneKnittingMama, FYI!)

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Almost Means "NOT!"

OK, so most of you know I'm an idiot! Those who don't...now you know! Most of you have your coveted Ravelry invite...except Moi, who, as most of you know, couldn't get it together enough to type my own stinking e-mail correctly (and yes, I have Mozilla, so what's up with that? Did I keep typing over the pop up thing-y? Do I have so many e-mail accounts it had no idea which one I wanted it to fill in?). And, yes, I wrote them...I haven't heard anything back yet (like they aren't busy enough sending out thousands of invites per day without a goof-bucket like me pestering them for a screw-up I made!). And the anal in me had to go and check to see if they sent my invite (to the wrong addy), and here's what I got:

Your invitation was sent on October 14, 2007. We just sent you a new copy of the email (from invitations@ravelry.com) in case it was lost or eaten by a spam filter.

ARRRGGGHHH!!! Couldn't you just die????

When I do get my invite (I'm 4-something thousandth on the list now), just look me up under OneStupidMama!!!

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